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EastEnders star Jessie Wallace wins damages from Reveal magazine EastEnders star Jessie Wallace wins damages from Reveal magazine
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Jessie Wallace has accepted a high court apology and substantial damages from the National Magazine Company for a story in celebrity magazine Reveal that falsely suggested she had deliberately snubbed her EastEnders co-star Letitia Dean.Jessie Wallace has accepted a high court apology and substantial damages from the National Magazine Company for a story in celebrity magazine Reveal that falsely suggested she had deliberately snubbed her EastEnders co-star Letitia Dean.
In a statement read out at the high court in London on Friday by NatMags solicitor Roddy Chisholm-Batten, the Reveal publisher said it accepted that the allegations were untrue and that Wallace and Dean were good in fact friends.In a statement read out at the high court in London on Friday by NatMags solicitor Roddy Chisholm-Batten, the Reveal publisher said it accepted that the allegations were untrue and that Wallace and Dean were good in fact friends.
"[NatMags] also accepts that there is no rivalry between the two and that Ms Wallace was delighted at Ms Dean's return to EastEnders last year. It wishes to apologise publicly and unreservedly for any upset and embarrassment that this article has caused Ms Wallace," Chisholm-Batten added."[NatMags] also accepts that there is no rivalry between the two and that Ms Wallace was delighted at Ms Dean's return to EastEnders last year. It wishes to apologise publicly and unreservedly for any upset and embarrassment that this article has caused Ms Wallace," Chisholm-Batten added.
He also told the court NatMags had agreed to pay damages – understood to be a five-figure sum – and Wallace's legal costs.He also told the court NatMags had agreed to pay damages – understood to be a five-figure sum – and Wallace's legal costs.
The article, published in Reveal in August 2012 and headlined "Jessie and Letitia at war", had "wrongly suggested that Ms Wallace had behaved in a highly unprofessional and childish manor by deliberately snubbing fellow actress, Letitia Dean, out of personal jealousy at the popular return of this EastEnders favorite, and has there by created an extremely tense and difficult working environment for the cast and crew working on the programme", Chisholm-Batten said.The article, published in Reveal in August 2012 and headlined "Jessie and Letitia at war", had "wrongly suggested that Ms Wallace had behaved in a highly unprofessional and childish manor by deliberately snubbing fellow actress, Letitia Dean, out of personal jealousy at the popular return of this EastEnders favorite, and has there by created an extremely tense and difficult working environment for the cast and crew working on the programme", Chisholm-Batten said.
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